It's really, really great that a sport so loved as football is so unserious.
You can watch goal compilations for hours and appreciate the art and wizardry of the game, but we all love it when the game falls into comedic disrepute.
With the new year on the horizon, come and join us on a trip through 2023 via football's funniest moments.
Danny Welbeck plays hide and seek
😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/SkvY9MqGdB
— Gary Taphouse (@garytaphouse) February 25, 2023
Danny Welbeck's goal for Brighton & Hove Albion against Liverpool was commentated on by Gary Taphouse, who came up with a superb line to be taken out of context.
Liverpool 7-0 Manchester United
Why did Manchester United, seven days removed from winning the Carabao Cup, decide to lose 7-0 away to their most bitter of rivals? Why did they do that? For what reason?
Pep Guardiola's obsession with Julia Roberts
🗣️ "Julia Roberts, she went to visit Man United. If I win the Champions League it will not be compared to the fact that Julia Roberts came to Manchester and didn't come to see us."
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) March 15, 2023
Pep Guardiola shares a bizarre secret about one of his idols Julia Roberts 🤣 pic.twitter.com/GbYZy2Bhi8
If I'm Julia Roberts, I'm considering a restraining order.
Graham Potter will try to win the 'f***ing Champions League'
🚨 Graham Potter à un évènement de Chelsea ce soir :
— Chelsea Fan Club 🇲🇫 (@ChelsFanClub) March 16, 2023
"On va essayé de battre Everton, on prend le tirage au sort et nous allons essayer de gagner cette fucking Champions League"
[Via CFC365 sur Twitter]#chelsea pic.twitter.com/cPeHHU51p0
Graham Potter wanted to "win the f***ing Champions League" with Chelsea. He was sacked before their next European game, with Frank Lampard brought back to lose to Real Madrid.
Antonio Conte tanks his way out of Tottenham
Perhaps the funniest thing about Antonio Conte's final meltdown is that reports the day after it happened claimed he wasn't trying to dig out the club or the ownership.
Good one, Antonio.
Roy Hodgson in a league of his own
Roy Hodgson is now the oldest manager in Premier League history, overtaking his own record from his spell at Watford! The previous record? That was held by Roy Hodgson pic.twitter.com/GXte71w1D0
— Mulumba Arnold (@AlunnoRwanda) March 22, 2023
What a graphic, honestly. No notes.
Scotland rattle Rodri
🇪🇸 Spain's Rodri gives his verdict on his side's loss to Scotland
— Viaplay Sports UK (@ViaplaySportsUK) March 28, 2023
"It's the way they play...for me it's a bit rubbish. Because it's always wasting time. They provoke you. They always fall. For me, this is not football." 🗣️👀#EURO2024 | #SCOESP pic.twitter.com/MIgxOOA2Cl
If I were a Spain international, I would simply not allow my great and historic nation to lose 2-0 to Scotland.
Jurgen Klopp celebrates Mohamed Salah's missed penalty
Jurgen Klopp thought Mo Salah's penalty was in...😳 pic.twitter.com/wruK96vva3
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) April 9, 2023
The lesson in all this is you should just have the bottle to watch your own team take a penalty.
The world's best goalkeeper is Barney Gumble
Martinez sounds like Barney from The Simpsons 🤣🤣 https://t.co/85k4L7iNrt
— JS (@JS21093) April 25, 2023
"Hello, I'm Emi Martinez, and I am the world's greatest s***house."
"Mr Martinez, this is a Girl Scout meeting."
"Is it? Or is it that you girls can't admit you have a problem?"
Ivan Perisic makes a meme of Virgil van Dijk
Nahhh someone tell perisic that Van Dijk has kids at home watching pic.twitter.com/n8vc0noEX0
— 🫶🏾 (@nzeywb) April 30, 2023
Extremely Gary Neville voice: Ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Jurgen Klopp's instant karma
Jurgen Klopp pulled his hamstring celebrating that Jota goal 😅 pic.twitter.com/TLMvNCVrsn
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) April 30, 2023
Liverpool would go on to win this game 4-3 in the last minute. Jurgen Klopp took out his pent-up frustration on the fourth official and paid the price for it.
Guti is sad
So, El Chiringuito literally started last night's show with three minutes of Guti just sitting there looking sad.pic.twitter.com/6244obtc7E
— Euan McTear (@emctear) May 18, 2023
Thanks Real Madrid, Guti's crying, nice one.
Frank Lampard
Frank Lampard. 😂 pic.twitter.com/OvaMhA2PRy
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) May 19, 2023
A two-second clip does not get any more 'no but seriously' than this.
Bournemouth bite back
Come on guys, you knew this was coming 😘 pic.twitter.com/k5L0TvqfD9
— AFC Bournemouth 🍒 (@afcbournemouth) May 14, 2023
If you can walk the walk, then you're allowed to talk the talk. Fair play, Bournemouth.
Sam Allardyce finds a fiver
One for the ages...
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) May 21, 2023
Sam Allardyce finds £5 on the touchline and offers it to the fourth official 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/hPrWxBzfx1
Classic Big Sam. Can't take him anywhere!
Sandro Tonali goes to Wetherspoons
"Three small plates for £14.93 please, all Pizza" #nufc pic.twitter.com/1vDaVhYVAR
— Murph (@NUFCMurph) August 14, 2023
"One reservation at your finest British establishment, please."
Chelsea and Liverpool's back-and-forth over Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia
Look at klopp run away as soon as they mention caicedo😭😭😭😭😭 https://t.co/M9Dm87TDUT pic.twitter.com/88S5rfEz3Q
— ًًً (@ibzsmo3k) August 13, 2023
Liverpool thought they had Moises Caicedo. They didn't. They thought they had Romeo Lavia. They didn't.
Still, at least Jurgen Klopp sees the bright side of this saga now.
Stone Cold Danny Ings
— - (@_yxshio) August 23, 2023
BAW GAWD, THAT'S DANNY INGS' MUSIC.
Anything said by Ange Postecoglou
Ange Postecoglou’s best press conference moments. 😂 [via @OptusSport] pic.twitter.com/LYExjmTxiv
— THFCReport (@THFCReports) September 16, 2023
You're always due at least one good soundbite from any given Ange Postecoglou press conference. And not in a self-deprecating Jose Mourinho way.
Peter Crouch's crossbar challenge
Not the best start to the weekend for @petercrouch 😅 pic.twitter.com/ndYN0s6MKn
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) September 16, 2023
Couldn't leave this one out, really.
"Well done boys, good process."
🚨 OFFICIAL: PGMOL have released VAR audio from Spurs v Liverpool 🔊 pic.twitter.com/zNLDyHkBbe
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) October 3, 2023
It is the single greatest VAR blunder in English football history. But it's very, very funny.
Dan Burn vs Kylian Mbappe
Football truly is the sport of opportunity.
The Arsenal NPC
That one fan. That one fan in that one trench coat. He's everywhere. He won't leave me alone.
Tottenham's high line
Pep Guardiola goes full Louis van Gaal
Alright, Pep. Get up. There wasn't even any contact.
Roy Hodgson laughs at Pep Guardiola
God bless you, three-time holder of the Premier league's oldest manager record Roy Hodgson.
